typhoid bacillus

noun

1. the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.

Word History and Origins

Origin of typhoid bacillus¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The typhoid bacillus and other bacteria can, of course, be carried into a cellar by the seeping in of drainage water.

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Thus a person might become infected with the typhoid bacillus by eating raw oysters.

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Oysters spread the disease when they have been "freshed" in water rich in sewage and containing the typhoid bacillus.

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The disease is caused by a specific germ known as the typhoid bacillus.

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Remarks: In another experiment made, chlorlyptus showed a weaker inhibitory action on the growth of typhoid bacillus.

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